Facebook confirmed it has begun testing a new GIF maker in the camera feature of the main Facebook mobile application. The feature, which is available with the tap of a button at the top of the screen ...

Sometimes a GIF just puts it better than any text comment possibly could. No matter your reason for using one, animated GIFs are a great way to add something fun to your Facebook status, or break up ...

That sweet reaction GIF finally has a place on Facebook. After a months-long test of the feature, the social network announced that it's finally rolling out support for GIFs in Facebook comments. SEE ...

If a picture says a thousand words, then a GIF says a million. Communicating via GIF can be more effective — and hilarious — than words. On Thursday, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the GIF, ...

Your Facebook News Feed will soon become much more animated. Facebook has decided to begin supporting animated GIF images. An animated GIF is a graphic image that moves in a loop -- which is created ...

Leo is a How-To Writer with Android Police. He is a lifelong Android user and tech hobbyist with an educational background rooted in Public Health. His writing experience ranges from app guides to ...

Reply threads on Facebook are about to get a lot more animated. To mark the 30th anniversary of the GIF format, all users will get the new GIF comment button that Facebook began testing three months ...

You can finally use GIFs on Facebook! Sort of! If you drop a link to a GIF uploaded elsewhere on the internet in your status update, the GIF will appear in full animated glory. However, if you upload ...

Today marks the end of a long, dark and dismal era of social media. We've moved from the equivalent of starting fire with rocks and sticks or praying to the thunder gods to discovering the disposable ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Facebook has been building out the camera in its main app for a while now, and today is adding a ...

UPDATE: While Facebook added support for natively posting GIFs, the ability to leave them in comments was not added---thankfully, a new Chrome extension just launched which can do exactly that.